Well you and Bruce can poke at me because I don't have "proof" I can cite but I agree with you.

Having a wife who has been in the field of Autism for over 20 years and now works as a consultant on the subject, I don't have documentation, only her verbal opinion. Vaccines are only one of several theories on the cause on Autism and there is no proven answer at this time. Bottom line, they still don't know the cause or solution.

Well you and Bruce can poke at me because I don't have "proof" I can cite but I agree with you.

Having a wife who has been in the field of Autism for over 20 years and now works as a consultant on the subject, I don't have documentation, only her verbal opinion. Vaccines are only one of several theories on the cause on Autism and there is no proven answer at this time. Bottom line, they still don't know the cause or solution.

well, Jim, in this case, you're perfectly ok, saying to someone who says that vaccines cause autism, "I don't believe you because you haven't provided sufficient evidence." You aren't purporting a claim, just responding to theirs.

Well you and Bruce can poke at me because I don't have "proof" I can cite but I agree with you.

Having a wife who has been in the field of Autism for over 20 years and now works as a consultant on the subject, I don't have documentation, only her verbal opinion. Vaccines are only one of several theories on the cause on Autism and there is no proven answer at this time. Bottom line, they still don't know the cause or solution.

Sounds like you know more about it than I do so I'll take your word for it.

The few articles I found about Amish and autism seemed to lack scientific credibility. People going out with a conclusion and looking for anecdotes to back it up, rather than careful study of data leading to a conclusion.

I asked her this morning about it. She kinda shook her head and said there are all sorts of theories but no one has ever found anything for sure. It's still a mystery, at least at the educational level.